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Contester's Rate Sheet for August 23, 2006

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CONTESTER'S RATE SHEET
23 August 2006
Edited by Ward Silver N0AX
Published by the American Radio Relay League
Free to ARRL members - tell your friends!
(Subscription info at the end of newsletter)
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SUMMARY
o Summer DX Fun - All-Asian Phone, Russian and SCC RTTY
o Ohio and Hawaii QSO Parties
o NCJ News by K9LA
o Pacificon and Microwave Update Announcements
o Historical Articles and Web Sites
o Coax Loss Calculator and Power Line Noise
o Plastic Materials Web Resources
o Radio Doping
BULLETINS
o No bulletins this issue
BUSTED QSOS
o A golden issue last time!
CONTEST SUMMARY (Rules follow Commentary section)
August 26-27
- Ohio QSO Party
- Hawaii QSO Party
- Keyman's Club of Japan, CW
- ALARA Contest
- YO-DX Contest
- SARL HF DX Contest, CW
- SCC RTTY Championship
- Summer VHF/UHF QSO Party
September 2-3
- All-Asian DX Contest, Phone
- IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB
- DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest
- MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint
- Russian RTTY WW Contest
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NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTEREST
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National Contest Journal News - by Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA
The main feature in the September/October NCJ is Part 1 of K3NA's
analysis of the WRTC2006 contest. It's an interesting look at
pre-planning activities, strategies, and contest performance of eight
of the top finishers. Other features in this issue include CQWW 160m
CW from VO2 by VE3FU and VO1AU, N5TJ's DX Contesting presentation
from HamCom, details of the February Readers Survey, and more. N4ZR,
W4PA, W9XT, N0JK, K5AF, K4ZA, NG3K, and WA7BNM contribute their
regular columns. And the results for the January 2006 NAQP CW, the
January 2006 NAQP Phone, and the February 2006 NAQP RTTY contests are
also in this issue.
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Best Contesting News of the Year - http://tinyurl.com/mp8xc (Thanks,
Mal N7MAL)
Pacificon 2006 (http:www/pacificon.org) will be held on October
13-15, in San Ramon, CA at the San Ramon Marriott Hotel. This is a
major gathering and features an all-day antenna program on Friday,
more seminars and speakers on Saturday, and a thriving hamfest. San
Ramon is about 30 miles east of San Francisco.
Microwave Update 2006 announces the first annual "Microwave
Achievement Award" to be presented at this year's Microwave Update,
October 19-22 and is accepting nominations until September 30. This
award is being presented in memory of Earl Price, W8MGJ, an exemplary
Elmer to all microwave enthusiasts. Following Earl's example,
nominees should be active on the microwave bands, show technical
prowess, and be microwave Elmers. All amateurs are eligible, Novice
through Extra. Submit your nomination by completing the "Microwave
Achievement Award" application found at
http://www.microwaveupdate.org/
VUCC-chasers and others interested in grid squares will find this Web
site really interesting - http://confluence.org/ Confluences are the
intersection of latitude and longtitude degree lines. I.e. 45N and
90W. There are lots of photos so you can see what it looks like - I
can't see any big, black lines, myself. There are also pairs of
antipodes! (Thanks, Ramon XE1KK)
A recent issue of "Radiouser" (http://www.radiouser.co.uk/) contained
an ad for a new weather satellite receiver (The R2FX from Holger
Eckhardt) sold by the Group for Earth Observation (GEO -
http://www.geo-web.org.uk/). GEO is an amateur radio group that
promotes reception of data from weather and Earth-imaging satellites.
The group offers satellite reception hardware, image handling
software, and a lot of information about these satellites and how to
receive their signals.
In the same issue of "Radiouser" is a mouth-watering article about
the wireless museums and installations of Cornwall, at the very
southwestern tip of England. Titled "In Marconi's Footsteps"
(unfortunately not on-line), it surveys the four major attractions in
this nearest (to North America) corner of England:
- The Marconi Center, Poldhu, http://gb2gm.org.uk/
- Lizard Wireless Station, http://www.lizardwireless.org/
- Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, http://www.porthcurno.org.uk/
- Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, http://www.goonhilly.bt.com/
There are plenty of good walks in the area and that is covered by the
South West Coast Path Association - http://www.swcp.org.uk/ - so if
you find yourself on holiday in the U.K., why not spend some time in
the wind-swept birthplace of wireless communications?
Another historical find resulted from correspondence with one of the
editor's "Hand's-On Radio" readers. Tony duBourg writes of his
father, Count Guy du Bourg de Bozas, F8DR. "My father was honored by
the French Air and Space museum as having built the first
"goniometre", or RDF receiver. This is reputed to have made night
flying possible. The antennas seemed to be a vertical set of dipoles
on a calibrated circle, and he explained to me that this was the most
sensitive method of determining direction of transmitter." Not much
is available on the Web about F8DR - perhaps a reader will be able to
point us to information on F8DR's early history?
For all of us that find ourselves dozing at the radio from time to
time, there is reason to think that we are engaging in personal
improvement! The June 2006 issue of the "IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Magazine" features the short column "Napping Improves
Ethics" by Randy Haupt of Pennsylvania State University. If you
don't have access to it, the basic idea is that by satisfying our
need for sleep with a nap, "...alert and refreshed...you are more
likely to look at all sides of an issue, to think clearly, and to
make good ethical choices." We also learn that Albert Einstein was a
big napper. So if you wake to find your head on the keyboard and the
keyer sending didididididididididi...you're merely improving your
outlook on life and your score in the logbook!
The 30th Japan Ham Fair was held this past weekend and around 30,000
attendees were expected. There were lots of new products, including
a legal-limit amplifier based on FETs and a K2-like QRP HF
transceiver from Tokyo Hy-Power Labs. Entries in a homebrewing
contest were displayed as well as a really interesting new tool for
builders - the "Smart Tweezers" that have an RLC meter built in so
you can tell what it is that you're picking up! Photos and more can
be seen at http://www.onjapan.net/2006/hamfair (Thanks, Jim
7J1AJH/AI8A)
Marc W6ZZZ wrote in with a link to the Northern California Contest
Club's two introductory articles on Field Day and Contesting: "What
is Field Day" at http://www.wvara.org/fd/index.html#what-is and "How
to Contest" at http://www.wvara.org/fd/index.html#howto-contest Marc
attributes authorship to Mike K6PUD.
If you would like to know more about the specific details of each
WRTC operating site, Oms PY5EG announces a new Web page at
http://www.radioamador.com/wrtc/sites This includes pictures and
exact geographic coordinates for each station. There may be some
discrepancy between the coordinates given and a mapping program,
depending on what model of the Earth's surface is used.
Are you looking for something in an old issue of the Rate Sheet but
can't find the right one? Here's a way to use the Google search
engine to look through the old Rate Sheet issues. On Google's home
page (http://www.google.com/), click "Advanced Search", then enter the
ARRL home page (http://www.arrl.org/) in the Domain window. In the
"Find Results" area, enter "rate sheet" (with the quote marks) plus
any other search terms you want to look for. Click "Google Search"
and, voila!
URL of the Week - For all of you yagi builders out there, the VE3GK
Web site (http://www.ve3gk.com/) is a must-visit, particularly "The
Gain Game." There is a lot of good information on radio sprinkled
around the various pages. VE3GK became a Silent Key in May 2004, but
the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club maintains the site to keep its
information available to us all - thanks! (Also thanks, Steve K7LXC)
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RESULTS AND RECORDS
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ARRL CONTEST RESULTS NEWS
The remaining Divisional Writeups for the 2006 ARRL DX Phone contest
have all been received and integrated into the Web article at
http://www.arrl.org/contest/results along with a few late
corrections.
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The Michigan QSO Party committee is pleased to announce that the
results of the 2006 Michigan QSO Party are now published on the MiQP
Web site: http://www.miqp.org/ Despite poor band conditions that
severely impacted QSO totals, we had 183 entries this time, which
makes 2006 the third largest MiQP on record. (Thanks, Dave K8CC)
The complete final results for SAC 2005 are now published on the
SM3CER Contest Service: http://www.sk3bg.se/contest The SAC records
for 1999 - 2005 are also updated. (Thanks, Jan SM3CER)
Results of the 2006 Adventure Radio Society "Flight of the
Bumblebees" has been posted on the ARS Web site:
http://www.arsqrp.com/ Results for the ARS monthly sprints are also
posted there.
The 2006 CQ 160 claimed scores have been published on the CQ Magazine
Web site at http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/ Click on 'Contest Rules
and Info', then "CQ World Wide 160 Contest". The top 400 scores are
shown. For questions, contact k4jrb@juno.com. (Thanks, Dave K4JRB)
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TECHNICAL TIPS AND INFORMATION
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Dave N0RQ contributes a nice on-line coax calculator -
http://www.ocarc.ca/coax.htm - that does a fine job of making it easy
to calculate losses. Select the type of cable, the frequency, the
length, press the button and no more nepers!
Dave also gets this issue's Daily Double with his Web site dedicated
to power-line noise (preventing, not promoting) -
http://www.powerlinenoise.com/ There are links to quite a few useful
topics, including recording and commentary on different types of
noise. (As if we don't already hear enough of it...)
Larry N8LP refers us to an excellent source of quality dummy loads at
very reasonable prices - http://ridgeequipment.com/store/page1.htm.
There are several models of up to 200-watt capacity. And no mineral
oil!
How can you tell if an MOV (metal oxide varistor) has gone bad? It's
nothing so obvious as sneaking out at night and swiping cigarettes. A
regular voltmeter won't do, so you have to measure current through
them, as Roger K8RI points out, "at their working potential. Every
over-voltage, even testing, degrades them. Normal MOV failure mode is
shorted. If they have failed open it is usually quite evident. MOVs
failing open are usually nothing but a pair of leads pointing to
where the MOV had been located." Gary K4FMX suggests using a hi-pot
(high-potential) tester, if available, since the small current will
not degrade the MOV and unexploded, failed-open MOVs can also be
detected.
Those of you in the process of beefing up your low-band antennas
might benefit from a reading of this article on radials by K3LC -
http://www.ncjweb.com/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf The article contains a
simple formula for calculating an optimized number and length of
radials based on a fixed length of wire. I.e. - you score a 500'
spool of hookup wire at the hamfest, so how many radials should be
made from the wire? (Thanks, Hasan N0AN)
With the price of cable and wire of all sorts going up, here's a nice
tip about low-current control cable from Rick N6RK. He uses Cat-5
Ethernet cable obtained cheap or free by scrounging it or buying it
on sale. It has eight conductors to for dc applications such as a
relay and allows you to use a separate conductor for each dc return.
This avoids overloading one conductor with too much current.
TECHNICAL URL OF THE WEEK -- This week, it's a pair of URLs. In his
extensive antenna building exercises, John W0UN has found these two
useful sites for design work. "The first gives a bit of technical
information for a wide variety of materials but I find it most
interesting for getting an idea of the cost of some of the materials.
I have found the prices to be competitive, but what is most handy is
the price calculator - http://www.professionalplastics.com/ The
second useful reference is the 61-page guide from Regal Plastics -
http://www.stealth316.com/misc/engineered-plastics.pdf It has good
overview information on just about everything, as well as telling you
what an item is when you only have a trade name. It doesn't provide
all of the detailed specs on a particular item but it does give you
some insight into applications and points you in a direction to find
more information from the manufacturer."
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CONVERSATION
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Radio Doping
All summer we have been treated to one doping scandal after another
in biking and track and baseball and who knows what will happen once
the ice dancing season gets started! It's a darn good thing that
radiosport doesn't have that problem, isn't it? Well? I wish I could
say that was true, but there are a couple of contest practices that
sure seem to be similar in spirit.
I'm not talking about the time-honored cheating methods of rubber
clocking, running gas, "working the Callbook", more than one signal
transmitted at a time, etc. etc. Those are sufficiently detectable
such that there is a high enough risk to deter most of the potential
perpetrators. Kind of like speeding - there are enough policemen out
there to keep most of us more or less in line, or at least conforming
to customary behavior.
What I am talking about occurs in a couple of forms. The first is
just blatant cheating - that's the use of spotting network
information ("packet spots") without submitting your score in the
Assisted category. To be sure, some new contesters just don't
realize that using information about the contest during the contest
from *any* source (packet, Web site, local spotting net) requires
them to submit an Assisted category score. Then there are the casual
cheaters - "I'll just peek a little bit" or "I'll have the node
connected, but I won't look at it." We can all imagine where that
leads.
Then there are the incorrigible packet poachers. They mysteriously
manage to appear in the pileup within seconds of the spot being
broadcast. Funny thing - their score is always Single-Op,
Unassisted. Hmmm. Or maybe a series of spots are posted directing
callers to their frequency, always by unusual calls that you've never
heard of. Another funny thing. Hmmm.
Luckily for the rest of us, the packet poacher patterns are becoming
easier and easier to detect in their logs. It's also getting harder
and harder to spot yourself without leaving a trail of bread crumbs
that's easy for the contest sponsors to see. The solution is
education for the newcomer and disqualification for the intentional
cheater. If you're new to contesting and have just discovered that
you committed a rules transgression, don't have a cow, just change
the way you operate! If cheaters decide they don't want to play
anymore, well, I hope they don't let the door hit 'em on their way
out!
What's that second type of "doping?" This one doesn't violate any
written rules, but is just as pernicious as packet poaching and is
just as corrosive to operating ability. I'm talking about
post-contest log manipulation, also known as "log cleansing." I
don't know of any other sport where the contestants are allowed to go
back and tidy up their performances. Does Tiger get to go back and
use a longer iron on that shot from the rough? Does Ronaldinho get
to go back and give that corner kick another try? I don't think so.
Let's be clear - Tiger and Ronaldinho both get to *practice* those
shots as much as they want between matches. But on match day, you
play it once and once only. When the last putt goes in on the 18th
hole or the referee blows the whistle, it's over, finished, done.
Yes, I know there are terrific software packages that can analyze
your whole log in 30 seconds, outputting a complete list of possibly
busted calls, discrepancies in exchanges, erroneous multipliers and
so forth. Those are great for practice. Sanitizing your submitted
log to make you look like a better operator than you were is just
false pretenses. It's like plagiarizing on your term paper or using
forbidden notes on an exam. You may improve your grade, but you
still don't know the material.
And here's the part that really hurts you in the long run - as long
as you know you're going to run the log checking program after the
contest, the pressure to get it right the first time, every time is
lessened. You think, "Well, I'll just listen to the audio again or
let the software fix it." How does that make you a better operator?
It doesn't! Contesting awards are not intended the combination of
operator and log-processing software.
There's no reason why the vast majority of single-op contest logs
couldn't be emailed to the contest sponsor within a very few minutes
after the end of the contest. Use the software *after* you submit
your log to help you find weak spots in your technique and develop
your skill level for the *next* contest. Tossing away your contest
crutches is the only way you're going to really excel in the
radiosport game.
(These and a number of other related topics are covered in the ARRL's
Web page, "HF Contesting - Good Practices, Interpretations, and
Suggestions". (http://www.arrl.org/contests/hf-faq.html) Developed by
the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee, these helpful hints are intended
to explain how things are "supposed to work" in contests. Feel free
to distribute that URL or make copies and share them in your contest
club. If you have questions or suggestions, as the Chair of the CAC
I'd be happy to receive them or ask your contest Elmer.)
73, Ward N0AX
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CONTESTS -- 23 AUGUST TO 5 SEPTEMBER 2006
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Note that the following abbreviations are used to condense the
contest rules summaries: SO - Single-Op; M2 - Multi-Op - 2
Transmitters; MO - Multi-Op; MS - Multi-Op, Single Transmitter; MM -
Multi-Op, Multiple Transmitters; AB - All Band; SB - Single Band;
S/P/C - State/Province/DXCC Entity; HP - High Power (>100 W); LP -
Low Power; QRP (5W or less)
HF CONTESTS
Ohio QSO Party--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Mad River Radio Club from
1600Z Aug 26 -0400Z Aug 27. Frequencies (MHz): CW -- 3.545, 7.045,
14.045, 21.045, 28.045; SSB -- 3.850, 7.225, 14.250, 21.300, and
28.450. Categories: SO, MM, Mobile and Rover. Exchange: Serial Number
and Ohio county, state or province, DX stations send "DX". QSO
Points: CW--2 pts, SSB--1 pt. Score: QSO points x OH counties (OH
station count states, provinces, and OH counties) counted once per
mode. For more information: http://www.oqp.us/ Logs due 30 days after
the contest to logs@oqp.us or to Ohio QSO Party, c/o Jim Stahl K8MR,
30499 Jackson Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-1730.
Hawaii QSO Party--CW/Phone/RTTY/PSK31, sponsored by the Koolau ARC
from 0700Z Aug 26 - 2200Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 160-10 meters.
Categories: SOAB and MS (single or mixed-mode), MM (mixed-mode only).
Spotting nets and packet allowed in all classes. Exchange: RS(T) and
S/P/C, maritime region (1-3), or HI county. QSO Points: 20-15-10
meters, Phone--1 pt, CW/Digital--2 pts; 40 meters, Phone--2 pts,
CW/Digital 4 pts; 80 meters, Phone--4 pts, CW/Digital--8 pts; 160
meters, Phone 8 pts, CW/Digital 16 pts. Score is total points plus
150 pts for QSO with KH6J. For more information:
http://www.karc.us/hi_qso_party.html Logs due 30 days after contest
to kh6j@karc.us or Hawaii QSO Party, PO Box 8960788, Wahiawa, HI
96786-0788.
Keymen's Club of Japan Contest--CW, sponsored by the Keymen's Club of
Japan from 1200Z Aug 26-1200Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 160-6 meters (JA
allocations on 160 are 1.810- 1.825, 1.908-1.912 MHz). Categories:
SOAB, SOSB (JA only), SWL. Exchange: RST and JA prefecture/district
or continent. QSO Points: 1 pt/QSO (JA count JA/JA--1 pt and JA/DX--5
pts). Score: QSO points x JA pref/dist from each band (JA also count
continents). For more information: http://www.jarl.com/kcj Logs due
30 Sep to kcjlog@freeml.com or Masayoshi Namba, JA1FCY, 1420-55
Kibara, Sambu-town, Sambu, Chiba 289-1212 Japan.
ALARA Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Australian Ladies Amateur
Radio Association from 0600Z Aug 26 -- 1159Z Aug 27. Frequencies
(MHz): 80 -- 10 meters. Categories: YL, OM, Club, SWL. Exchange:
RS(T), serial number, ALARA member number, name. QSO Points: ALARA
YL--5 pts, non-member YL--4 pts, OM--3 pts, CW--double points. Score:
total QSO points. For more information: http://alara.org.au/ Logs due
30 Sep to alaracontest@wia.org.au or Mrs Marilyn Syme VK3DMS, 99
Magnolia Avenue, Mildura, VIC 3500 Australia.
YO-DX Contest--CW/SSB, sponsored by the Romanian Amateur Radio
Federation (RARF) from 1200Z Aug 26 - 1200Z Aug 27. Frequencies:
80-10 meters. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS. Exchange: RST and serial
number, YO stations send county abbreviation. QSO Points: own
country--1 pt, different country own continent--2 pts, different
continent--4 pts, YO stations--8 pts. Score: QSO points x YO counties
and DXCC entities counted once per band. For more information:
http://www.hamradio.ro/contests/yodx_eng.pdf Logs due 30 days after
the contest to yodx_contest@hamradio.ro or YO DX HF Contest, PO Box
22-50, Bucharest RO-014780, Romania.
SARL HF DX Contest--CW, sponsored by SARL from 1230Z -- 1630Z Aug 27.
Frequencies: 80 -- 20 meters. Categories: SOAB, MS. Exchange: RS(T) +
serial number. QSO Points: CW -- 2 pts. Total score: QSO points + ZS
call areas and South African countries (see Web site). For more
information: http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests Logs due 14 days
after the contest to zs4bs@netactive.co.za or PO Box 12104, Brandhof
9324, Republic of South Africa.
SCC RTTY Championship, sponsored by the Slovenian Contest Club from
1200Z Aug 26 - 1159Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 80-10 meters. Categories:
SOAB-HP, SOAB-LP, SOAB-Assisted, MS. Exchange: RST and 4-digit year
first licensed. QSO Points: own country--1 pt, different country same
continent and between W, VE, VK, ZL, ZS, JA, PY call areas, LU
provinces, and UA9/0 oblasts--2 pts, different continent--3 pts.
Score: QSO points x different years from all bands. For more
information: http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/rtty/htmlrules.htm Logs due
Sep 15 to rtty@hamradio.si (Cabrillo format preferred) or on diskette
to Slovenia Contest Club, Saveljska 50, 1113 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
All-Asian DX Contest--Phone, sponsored by JARL from 0000Z Sep 2 -
2400Z Sep 3. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters (160 is CW only in Japan),
incl. 10-min. band change rule. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MO, Low Power
(Asian stations only), Junior (JA stations <20 years), Senior (JA
stations >70 years). Exchange: RS(T) and a two digit number denoting
the operator's age. YL stations may send 00. QSO Points for non-Asian
stations: 40 - 15 meters--1 pt, 80 and 10 meters--2 pts, 160
meters--3 pts. Score: QSO pts × Asian prefixes (WPX rules). For more
information and Asian station QSO points:
http://www.jarl.or.jp/English Logs due Oct 31 to aaph@jarl.or.jp or
JARL, All Asian DX Contest, Tokyo, 170-8073, Japan.
IARU Region 1 Field Day--SSB, sponsored by IARU Societies from 1300Z
Sep 2 - 1300Z Sep 3. Frequencies: 160 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB
(LP, QRP), MS (HP, LP). Exchange: RST and serial number. QSO Points:
EU to EU fixed stations - 2 pts, non-EU to EU - 3 pts, with portable
EU stations - 4 pts. Score: QSO points x DXCC and WAE entities
counted once/band. See IARU Region 1 society Web sites for more
information. Send logs to the appropriate national societies - not
ARRL. NA hams to ssbfd.logs@rsgbhfcc.org or RSGB G3UFY, 77 Bensham
Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7AF, England.
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest--Digital Modes--sponsored by the
Deutsche Amateur Radio Committee from 1100Z - 1700Z Sep 3.
Frequencies (MHz): 28.050 - 28.150 on RTTY, Pactor PSK31, Amtor,
Clover. Categories: SO, SWL. Stations may be worked on each mode, but
count for multipliers only once. Exchange: RST + serial number. QSO
Points: 1 pt/QSO. Score: QSO Points x WAE countries + DXCC entities +
W/VE/JA districts. For more information:
http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/cqdlcont/fgdcc.htm Logs due 4 weeks
after the contest to dl9gs@darc.de or A.Schlendermann, DL9GS,
Postfach 102201, D-44722 Bochum, Germany.
MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint, 2300Z Sep 4 - 0300Z Sep 5. Frequencies:
160 - 6-meters. Categories: SOAB with classes A (<250 mW), B (<1 W),
C (<5 W), D (>5W). Exchange: RST, S/P/C, and MI-QRP number or power
output. QSO Points: MI-QRP members--5 pts, non-member W/VE--2 pts,
DX--4 pts. Score: QSO points x S/P/C counted once per band. If
homebrew RX or TX, multiply by 1.25. If both RX and TX are homebrew,
multiply by 1.5. For information: http://www.qsl.net/miqrpclub Logs
to n8cqa@arrl.net or L. T. Switzer N8CQA, 427 Jeffrey Ave, Royal Oak,
MI 48073-2521.
Russian RTTY WW Contest, sponsored by Radio Magazine from 0000Z -
2400Z Sep 2. Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters. Categories: SOAB, SOSB, MS,
SWL. Exchange: RST + WAZ zone or Russian Oblast. QSO Points: own
continent--5 pts, different cont.--10 pts. Score: QSO points x DXCC
entities + Russian oblasts, each counted once per band. For more
information: http://www.radio.ru/cq/contest/rule-results/index2.shtml
Logs due Oct 2 to contest@radio.ru or Radio Magazine, Seliverstov
per 10, 107045 Moscow, Russia.
VHF+ CONTESTS
Summer VHF/UHF QSO Party--SSB/CW/FM, sponsored by the Colorado QRP
Club from 1600Z - 2000Z Aug 27. Frequencies: 6m, 2m and 70 cm, 5
watts output maximum, use recognized simplex frequencies according to
the ARRL band plan, do not use the national simplex frequencies of
146.52 or 446.000 MHz. Categories: Portable, Non-Portable. Exchange:
Call sign, Grid Square, first name, and CQC member # or power. QSO
Points: 1 pt/QSO. Total Score: QSO Points x names beginning with
different letters (26 max), counted once per band. 10 point bonus for
QSO with W0CQC. For more information: http://www.cqc.org/contests
Logs due 30 days after the contest to contest@cqc.org or CQC Contest,
PO Box 17174, Golden, CO 80402-6019.
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LOG DUE DATES - 23 AUGUST TO 5 SEPTEMBER 2006
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August 28 - Run for the Bacon QRP Contest, email logs to:
W2LJ@arrl.net, upload log at: http://partsandkits.com/fp/autolog.asp,
paper logs and diskettes to: Larry Makoski, W2LJ, 327 Clinton Place,
South Plainfield, NJ 07080, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.fpqrp.com/fpqrprun.html
August 31 - Portugal Day Contest, email logs to: (none), paper logs
and diskettes to: REP Award/Contest Manager, PO Box 2483, 1112 Lisboa
Codex, Portugal. Find rules at:
http://www.rep.pt/pdf/contest_portugalday.pdf
August 31 - Venezuelan Ind. Day Contest, email logs to:
contestyv@cantv.net, paper logs and diskettes to: Radio Club
Venezolano, Concurso Independencia de Venezuela, PO Box 2285, Caracas
1010-A, Venezuela. Find rules at:
http://www.radioclubvenezolano.org/rules.htm
August 31 - European HF Championship, email logs to:
euhfc@hamradio.si, paper logs and diskettes to: Slovenia Contest
Club, Saveljska 50, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Find rules at:
http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/euhfcrules.htm
August 31 - National Lighthouse Weekend QSO Contest, email logs to:
(none), paper logs and diskettes to: Dave Ruch, NF0J, PO Box 20696,
Bloomington, MN 55420-0696, USA. Find rules at:
http://arlhs.com/NLLW-2006-guidelines.html
September 1 - CQ Worldwide VHF Contest, email logs to:
cqvhf@cqww-vhf.com, paper logs and diskettes to: CQ VHF Contest, 25
Newbridge Road, Hicksville, NY 11801, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/VHFContest_Rules2006050206.pdf
September 1 - RSGB IOTA Contest, email logs to:
iota.logs@rsgbhfcc.org, paper logs and diskettes to: RSGB IOTA
Contest, PO Box 9, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3RH, England. Find rules
at: http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/riota.shtml
September 1 - ANARTS WW RTTY Contest, email logs to:
ctdavies@bigpond.net.au, paper logs and diskettes to: Contest Manager
ANARTS, PO Box 93, Toongabbie, NSW 2146, Australia. Find rules at:
http://anarts.com.au/CONTEST%202006%20RULES.htm
September 1 - Council of Europe RC 20th Anniversary Challenge, email
logs to: f6fqk@free.fr, paper logs and diskettes to: Mr Francis
KREMER, 31, rue Louis Pasteur, F 67490 DETTWILLER, France. Find rules
at: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/coerc20challenge.pdf
September 2 - North American QSO Party, SSB, email logs to: (see
rules, Web upload preferred), upload log at:
http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php, paper logs and diskettes to:
Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, 4225 Farmdale Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604, USA.
Find rules at: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php
September 3 - TARA Grid Dip Shindig, Post log summary at:
http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_score.html, paper logs and
diskettes to: (none). Find rules at:
http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_grid_rules.html
September 5 - ARRL UHF Contest, email logs to: AugustUHF@arrl.org,
paper logs and diskettes to: August UHF Contest, ARRL Contest Branch,
225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111, USA. Find rules at:
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/uhf.html
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SM3CER's Web site - <http://www.sk3bg.se/contest>
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